List of World Rally Championship records

The list of records in the World Rally Championship includes records and statistics set in the World Rally Championship (WRC) from the 1973 season to present.

Key
Bold Has participated in the 2021 World Rally Championship.

Drivers

Wins

Championship wins[1]
Driver Total Season
1 Sébastien Loeb 9 2004200520062007
20082009201020112012
2 Sébastien Ogier 7 201320142015201620172018, 2020
3 Juha Kankkunen 4 19861987, 1991, 1993
Tommi Mäkinen 1996199719981999
5 Walter Röhrl 2 1980, 1982
Miki Biasion 19881989
Carlos Sainz 1990, 1992
Marcus Grönholm 2000, 2002
 
Event wins[2]
Driver Total
1 Sébastien Loeb79
2 Sébastien Ogier50
3 Marcus Grönholm30
4 Carlos Sainz26
5 Colin McRae25
6 Tommi Mäkinen24
7 Juha Kankkunen23
8 Didier Auriol20
9 Markku Alén19[N 1]
10 Hannu Mikkola18
Jari-Matti Latvala18
 
Stage wins[3]
DriverTotal
1 Sébastien Loeb925
2 Markku Alén821[N 2]
3 Carlos Sainz757[N 3]
4 Juha Kankkunen700[N 4]
5 Hannu Mikkola666[N 5]
6 Sébastien Ogier596
7 Ari Vatanen588[N 6]
8 Didier Auriol554
9 Marcus Grönholm542
10 Jari-Matti Latvala539

Statistics

Age

Constructors

Co-drivers

Rallies

Fastest rallies

EventAvg. speedWinnerCar
1 2016 Rally Finland126.62 km/h (78.68 mph) Kris MeekeCitroën DS3 WRC
2 2017 Rally Finland126.16 km/h (78.39 mph) Esapekka LappiToyota Yaris WRC
3 2015 Rally Finland125.44 km/h (77.94 mph) Jari-Matti LatvalaVolkswagen Polo R WRC
4 2020 Rally Sweden124.28 km/h (77.22 mph) Elfyn EvansToyota Yaris WRC
5 2012 Rally Finland122.89 km/h (76.36 mph) Sébastien LoebCitroën DS3 WRC
6 2010 Rally Finland122.80 km/h (76.30 mph) Jari-Matti LatvalaFord Focus RS WRC 09
7 2018 Rally Finland122.57 km/h (76.16 mph) Ott TänakToyota Yaris WRC
8 2005 Rally Finland122.49 km/h (76.11 mph) Marcus GrönholmPeugeot 307 WRC
9 2019 Rally Finland122.48 km/h (76.11 mph) Ott TänakToyota Yaris WRC
10 2000 Safari Rally122.43 km/h (76.07 mph) Richard BurnsSubaru Impreza WRC 99
Source:[14]

Closest wins

EventMargin[N 9]WinnerRunner-up
1 2011 Jordan Rally0.2 second Sébastien Ogier Jari-Matti Latvala
2 2007 Rally New Zealand0.3 second Marcus Grönholm Sébastien Loeb
3 2017 Rally Argentina0.7 second Thierry Neuville Elfyn Evans
2018 Rally Italia Sardegna Thierry Neuville Sébastien Ogier
5 1998 Rally Portugal2.1 seconds Colin McRae Carlos Sainz
6 2019 Monte Carlo Rally2.2 seconds Sébastien Ogier Thierry Neuville
7 1999 Rally Argentina2.4 seconds Juha Kankkunen Richard Burns
2010 Rally New Zealand Jari-Matti Latvala Sébastien Ogier
2011 Rally Argentina Sébastien Loeb Mikko Hirvonen
10 2000 Rally Australia2.7 seconds Marcus Grönholm Richard Burns
Source:[15]

Nationalities

Drivers

Driver wins per nationalities

# Nation Wins Drivers[16]
1 France196Sébastien Loeb (79), Sébastien Ogier (50), Didier Auriol (20), Bernard Darniche (7), Gilles Panizzi (7), Jean-Luc Thérier (5), Jean-Pierre Nicolas (5), Michèle Mouton (4), François Delecour (4), Jean-Claude Andruet (3), Jean Ragnotti (3), Bruno Saby (2), Philippe Bugalski (2), Guy Fréquelin (1), Bernard Béguin (1), Alain Ambrosino (1), Alain Oreille (1), Patrick Tauziac (1)18
2 Finland179Marcus Grönholm (30), Tommi Mäkinen (24), Juha Kankkunen (23), Markku Alén (19), Hannu Mikkola (18), Jari-Matti Latvala (18), Mikko Hirvonen (15), Timo Salonen (11), Ari Vatanen (10), Timo Mäkinen (4), Henri Toivonen (3), Kyösti Hämäläinen (1), Pentti Airikkala (1), Harri Rovanperä (1), Esapekka Lappi (1)15
3 United Kingdom44Colin McRae (25), Richard Burns (10), Kris Meeke (5), Elfyn Evans (3), Roger Clark (1)5
4 Sweden43Björn Waldegård (16), Stig Blomqvist (11), Kenneth Eriksson (6), Ingvar Carlsson (2), Mikael Ericsson (2), Mats Jonsson (2), Ove Andersson (1), Per Eklund (1), Harry Källström (1), Anders Kulläng (1)10
5 Italy30Miki Biasion (17), Sandro Munari (7), Raffaele Pinto (1), Fulvio Bacchelli (1), Antonio Fassina (1), Andrea Aghini (1), Gianfranco Cunico (1), Piero Liatti (1)8
 Spain30Carlos Sainz (26), Dani Sordo (3), Jesús Puras (1)3
7 Estonia18Ott Tänak (13), Markko Märtin (5)2
8 Germany17Walter Röhrl (14), Achim Warmbold (2), Armin Schwarz (1)3
 Norway17Petter Solberg (13), Andreas Mikkelsen (3), Mads Østberg (1)3
10 Belgium14Thierry Neuville (13), François Duval (1)2
11 Kenya8Shekhar Mehta (5), Joginder Singh (2), Ian Duncan (1)3
12 Austria2Franz Wittmann, Sr. (1), Josef Haider (1)2
 Japan2Kenjiro Shinozuka (2)1
14 Argentina1Jorge Recalde (1)1
 Canada1Walter Boyce (1)1
 New Zealand1Hayden Paddon (1)1
 Portugal1Joaquim Moutinho (1)1

Co-drivers

Event wins[17]
CountryWins
1  Finland137
2  France113
3  United Kingdom84
4  Monaco79
5  Sweden56
6  Italy34
7  Spain30
8  Belgium17
9  Germany15
10  Estonia13
11  Kenya8
12  Ireland6
13  Norway3
14  Austria2
15  Argentina1
 Canada1
 Ivory Coast1
 New Zealand1
 Portugal1
 South Africa1
 United States1

Notes

  1. Alén also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was eventually annulled by FISA and is therefore not considered as a WRC win.
  2. According to World Rally Archive (http://www.juwra.com), Alén won 821 stages. Markku Alén also won special stages in the following rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com : 15 stages in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977), 5 stages in South Pacific 1977 (source: Auto Hebdo n°63, 19–26 May 1977), 1 stage in Safari 1990 (source: Auto Hebdo n°723, 18 April 1990). Moreover, he is said to have won 11 special stages in Sanremo 1974 although reliable sources are missing as of now. Also, Markku Alén won 20 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).
  3. According to World Rally Archive, Sainz won 756 stages. Sainz also won one special stage in Safari Rally 1991 (source: Auto Hebdo n°772, 4 April 1991), that is not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com.
  4. Kankkunen also won 5 special stages in annulled Sanremo 1986 (source: Auto Hebdo n°545, 22 October 1986).
  5. According to World Rally Archive, Mikkola won 654 stages. Mikkola also won special stages in the following rallies that are not yet taken into account by www.juwra.com : 1 stage in Acropolis 1976 (source: Sport Auto n°174, July 1976, and Auto Hebdo), 1 stage in Sweden 1977 (source: Sport Auto n°182, March 1977), 10 stages in Acropolis 1977 (source: Auto Hebdo n°66, 9–16 June 1977, and Sport Auto n°186, July 1977).
  6. According to World Rally Archive, Vatanen won 542 stages. Vatanen also won at least 46 special stages in South Pacific 1977. He actually won a 47th special stage in this rally but it is unclear whether the results of this stage were annulled or not (source: Auto Hebdo n° 63, 19–26 May 1977).
  7. Lancia also won Rally Sanremo 1986, that was annulled by FISA and is therefore not counted as a WRC win.
  8. Elena has one start in the WRC as a driver, which is not included.
  9. Includes only timed stage rallies. The World Rally Championship has in the past also featured endurance events where "unachievable" target times were assigned to the stages, and competitors received a penalty point for each minute their stage time was over the target time. At the 1973 Safari Rally, Shekhar Mehta and Harry Källström finished with the same amount of penalty minutes (6 hours and 46 minutes), and at the 1985 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire, Toyota teammates Juha Kankkunen and Björn Waldegård had the same amount of penalty minutes (4 hours and 46 minutes). Mehta and Kankkunen took the wins by tiebreakers.
  10. Markku Alén's 1978 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.
  11. Sandro Munari's 1977 FIA Cup for Drivers title is not included.

See also

References

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